The NFL has fined Chad Ochocinco US$25,000 (£ 16,000) for possessing an electronic device and posting messages to his Twitter account during Cincinnati’s 22-9 preseason win over Philadelphia last Friday, according to a report on NFL.com.

Ochocinco’s Twitter feed (@OGOchoCinco) was updated prior to kickoff with the message: “Just talk with Kelly Washington , Desean Jackson, Geoff Pope, Hank Baskett and I caught a ball from Mike Vick, I love prw-game warm up.”

Ochocinco then tweeted again at 9:53 p.m. ET, approximately two hours after the game began, commenting on a play from the first half where he was hit hard by a pair of Eagles defenders while trying to catch a pass: “Man Im sick of getting hit like that , its the damn preseason s**t! 1day I’m gone jump up and start throwing hay makers , #Tylenolplease.”

The league has a social-media ban in place for gamedays, which lasts from 90 minutes before kickoff until after postgame interviews.